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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2013
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Labhesh Patel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sanjeev Kumar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mukul Jain, San Jose, CA (US);
Randall Paul Joseph Ethier, Burke, VA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for intelligently managing a transportation network are provided. The method includes dynamically establishing an ad hoc data communications network that includes vehicle nodes provided by respective vehicles in a transportation network. Behavior of one or more of the vehicles can be controlled remotely in response to automated traffic analysis performed based on real-time information received via the ad hoc network. Remote control of the one or more vehicles can include controlling vehicle motion by controlling vehicle subsystems via real-time command data transmitted to the respective vehicles via the ad hoc network.